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Jarod Stockdale
Director, security consulting
and design, NV5
Hollywood, Fla.
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that my team provides designs
for. Our largest markets have
been in the gaming/hospital-
ity sector, K-12 education, and
large retail venues (shopping
malls). In these sectors, a typi-
cal design will include a fully
integrated platform that includes
CCTV, access, intrusion, emer-
gency call, parking controls, and
potentially other subsystems.
One of the benefits of working
with a large firm such as NV5
is that we have certified experts
that can address just about any-
thing that comes up in the pro-
cess. Our security team regularly
engages complimentary teams in
electrical, fire, and other disci-
plines in coordinating security
design. Our ability to leverage
internal resources in mechanical,
electrical systems, lighting, and
others for support, are a distinct
advantage over a single service
designer. Our technology experts
assist with network and audiovi-
sual coordination on many large
projects. Our flexibility, coordi-
nation effort, and adaptability
are part of our unique advantage.
During the last 50-plus years
we have been deeply involved in
the design of nearly every major
project and property in Las Vegas
and expanded those services into
other markets around the coun-
try and globally to major markets
like Macau and Dubai.
How did you get started in
security and designing/specify-
ing?
For me it was a natural pro-
gression of my career in the
security industry. I started in
this business as a technician and
learned everything I could about
every system and device I could
get my hands on. I moved into
project management and sales
support for a few years, and then
into corporate security manage-
ment and investigations. In that
role especially, I became more
focused on learning the technol-
ogy and understanding specifica-
tions. Becoming deeply involved
and familiar with specifications
and planning allowed me to bet-
ter maximize budget efficiencies
and capability of systems.
As an end user with high pur-
chasing volume, I was able to
help drive development of tech-
nology that was important to our
business needs. I followed that
experience moving into design
and specification as a venue to
become more involved in the
specification process.
—Paul Ragusa
Specifically Speaking features Q-and-
A with a different security consultant
every month. Consultants are provided
to Security Systems News by Security-
Specifiers.
What's your role at the company?
NV5 is a dynamic engineering
and consulting firm. We offer a
wide variety of services from
environmental and civil engi-
neering, to mechanical, electri-
cal, plumbing, fire, and technol-
ogy design. My role as a director
in the Buildings, Technology,
and Sciences (BTS) division of
the company is to help lead the
future of our business. It is my
passion to develop strategies and
protocols that allow for a better
integration of technologies that
make services more effective and
more efficient. My direct respon-
sibility is to educate, advocate,
and help our clients design the
security solutions that meet their
short-term needs, and long-term
goals.
What kinds of systems do you
design/specify and what services
does the company provide?
We have a variety of systems